Sculpture

Juno

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 17th - early 18th century
Accession number: 20.44
Maker: Agostino Testa(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1662–1735)
Attributeds: previously attributed to Francesco Marinali(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1609–1660); previously attributed to Unknown, Italian(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
Dimensions: 79 × 30 × 22 in. (200.7 × 76.2 × 55.9 cm.) base: 18 × 27 × 27 in. (45.7 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 97 × 30 × 27 in. (246.4 × 76.2 × 68.6 cm.)
Medium: limestone
Description: This sculpture portrays Juno, the patron goddess of Rome and the Roman Empire, in a warrior-like guise. She rests her left arm on her hip while she grasps a quiver of arrows in her right hand. Behind her left foot is a peacock, her sacred animal.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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